One of the flagship events which is organised by Earagail Arts Festival as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations will be The Homecoming in Donegal, Ireland featuring Clannad, Altan, Fidil and The Henry Girls.
Songs from the Ark is a new show on Folk Radio UK that delves into the vaults of country, rock ‘n’ roll, bluegrass, southern soul, singer-songwriters and any other pre-defined genre to find the nuggets and gems.
Prog Corner is back on Sunday! Take a trip through the multicoloured realms of the psychedelic undergrowth with Bert Vertigo and Dirk Van Distanz, floating somewhere in outer space in their intergalactic Prog Pod.
This week’s Simple Folk Radio will be presented by Dillon with Chris Bye (Arts Council England) & Matthew Young (Song, By Toad Records), featuring in session ELECTRICIAN.
This Sunday 26th May will you can catch Nyth Festival which will be held at Porter’s Bar in Cardiff. The line-up is looking pretty incredible. Check this preview from the Nyth collective.
Portland, Oregon based songwriter Barna Howard constructs beautiful melodies and lyrics which he sings with a clear & gentle voice. Have a listen and download these two tracks from his self-titled début.
Melt Yourself Down: A red dirt desert stomp and a downtown block party…an electro-riot of bass throbs and clarion calls, manic horns and pulse beats. This is future funk, the spirit of punk.
This week’s Nest Collective Hour has a slightly Japanese theme featuring UK based, Japanese one man band Ichi, musical recipes for Onigri from Rachael Dadd, as well as Fofoulah, Sam Amidon, and more.
Sparrow & The Workshop are gearing up for the release of their third album ‘Murderopolis’ on 27th May. Watch their latest video for The Faster You Spin and watch an early session from 2008.
Listen to Nick Mulvey’s new single ‘Fever to the Form’ which is released in June via Communion. Nick is also touring the UK and appearing at a number of festivals over the summer.
